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This is satire, please tell me it is, do people really behave like this 🤦
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/state-school-oversubscribed-vat-private-fees-b2697702.html
New data this week reveals state schools across England are oversubscribed across at least 27 local authorities, spanning from Bristol to Hull – with years 7 and 8 being the most jam-packed. It’s sparking fears they may struggle to squeeze in the influx of an estimated 35,000 pupils from private schools.
Labour originally said that the increase in fees wouldn’t have any impact on the number of pupils attending private schools – we were led to believe an enormous fuss was being made on behalf of fewer than seven per cent of our school children. However, the reality is very different.
I’m now worrying about getting my daughters, Lola, 8, and Liberty, 6, into my preferred state secondary schools – and the playdates are hell. I’m having a girl over for a sleepover next week – but the last time she came over, she asked me why my hallway was falling apart. Another child asked me, “Why don’t we have a private coach to take us swimming? Why do we use public buses?” My daughters looked at me in utter bewilderment.
Another mum I chatted to at the school gates was ecstatic not to be paying the nearly £10,000-a-term fees, as it meant she could still dart off on family holidays to the Maldives and go skiing – exactly where they’re heading off to this half-term, while the rest of us can’t afford the hike in airfares over the school holidays.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/state-school-oversubscribed-vat-private-fees-b2697702.html
New data this week reveals state schools across England are oversubscribed across at least 27 local authorities, spanning from Bristol to Hull – with years 7 and 8 being the most jam-packed. It’s sparking fears they may struggle to squeeze in the influx of an estimated 35,000 pupils from private schools.
Labour originally said that the increase in fees wouldn’t have any impact on the number of pupils attending private schools – we were led to believe an enormous fuss was being made on behalf of fewer than seven per cent of our school children. However, the reality is very different.
I’m now worrying about getting my daughters, Lola, 8, and Liberty, 6, into my preferred state secondary schools – and the playdates are hell. I’m having a girl over for a sleepover next week – but the last time she came over, she asked me why my hallway was falling apart. Another child asked me, “Why don’t we have a private coach to take us swimming? Why do we use public buses?” My daughters looked at me in utter bewilderment.
Another mum I chatted to at the school gates was ecstatic not to be paying the nearly £10,000-a-term fees, as it meant she could still dart off on family holidays to the Maldives and go skiing – exactly where they’re heading off to this half-term, while the rest of us can’t afford the hike in airfares over the school holidays.